Not intended to come over as sour grapes, but unless you make it easy-peasy for people to express their opinion (and that means some kind of poll/ratings), people simply won't comment.
I used to get five or six responses if I did a Fast Fiction the first year. The past couple of years, I'm LUCKY if I get two, and one of those is usually the person I wrote the story for; if I get more than three comments, I know it was a spectacular story.
I am perpetually baffled about what raises comments - something well written and incisive attracts nothing, but a throway comment on the fact Spider-Man couldn't have a secret identity because simply walking should leave either tearing velcro noises or suction cup sounds (depending on current origin story) brings in dozens!
That said, I did get several bites from people who I know like to write when I mooted the idea on 21 Sept, but I also realised that having the idea so early meant that I would need to remind the buggers!
I'll be posting something in the next few days. We'll see if that generates anything; it's only supposed to be a bit of fun, after all. I'll be happy if I get five stories.
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No rating it is, then!
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I used to get five or six responses if I did a Fast Fiction the first year. The past couple of years, I'm LUCKY if I get two, and one of those is usually the person I wrote the story for; if I get more than three comments, I know it was a spectacular story.
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I am perpetually baffled about what raises comments - something well written and incisive attracts nothing, but a throway comment on the fact Spider-Man couldn't have a secret identity because simply walking should leave either tearing velcro noises or suction cup sounds (depending on current origin story) brings in dozens!
That said, I did get several bites from people who I know like to write when I mooted the idea on 21 Sept, but I also realised that having the idea so early meant that I would need to remind the buggers!
I'll be posting something in the next few days. We'll see if that generates anything; it's only supposed to be a bit of fun, after all. I'll be happy if I get five stories.
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http://snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com/136114.html
I had much fun writing it :)
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http://geekette8.livejournal.com/509506.html
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